12) funeral. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...existence. 4. Slang A source of concern or care: If he doesn't meet the deadline, it's his funeral. Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral. Middle English funerelles,...

13) 22640. Forster, E.M. (Edward Morgan). The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:22640 QUOTATION:A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now too early,...

14) dirge. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Music a. A funeral hymn or lament. b. A slow, mournful musical composition. 2. A mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work. 3. Roman Catholic Church The...

15) 16440. Dickinson, Emily. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:16440 QUOTATION:I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, ATTRIBUTION:Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (l. 1). CP-Di. The Complete...

16) Funeral Mountains. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Funeral Mountains, Calif.: see Amargosa Range....

17) 34648. La Rochefoucauld, Francois, Duc De. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:34648 QUOTATION:Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. ATTRIBUTION:Francois, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680),...

18) 54268. Slessor, Kenneth. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:54268 QUOTATION:These funeral-cakes of sweet and sculptured stone. ATTRIBUTION:Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971), Australian poet, journalist. Five Bells (l. 96)....

19) mortician, funeral director, undertaker. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...Of these names for those who embalm the dead, arrange funerals, and see to burials, undertaker is the oldest, dating from the end of the seventeenth century. Mortician...

20) funeral director. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...See MORTICIAN. 1...